Minister of state for commerce and industry Anupriya Patel and minister of commerce of Cambodia H.E. Pan Sorasak reaffirmed their commitment to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic New Delhi: Trade and economic relations between ASEAN and India are recovering post the impact off the Covid-19 pandemic, according to minister of state for commerce and industry Anupriya Patel and minister of commerce of Cambodia H.E.
Pan Sorasak. The two ministers co-chaired the 19th Asean-India Economic Ministers’ Meeting on Thursday. The recommendations made by ASEAN India Business Council (AIBC) to enhance the ASEAN India economic partnership were also taken into consideration.
The ministers reaffirmed their commitment to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic and work towards a sustainable post-covid-19 recovery.
They welcomed ASEAN and India to forge collective actions in securing a robust supply chain connectivity to maintain the flow of essential goods and services through the launching of ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Upgrade Negotiations, mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination, vaccines production, public health surveillance, and medical technologies in moving forward with the post-pandemic recovery responses and facing future health crises.